Zoodiac Deck #730491 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Zoodiac-Radiant Typhoon Hybrid (ILLEGAL) — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 49/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Tempo, Midrange
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Accumulate advantage via Radiant Typhoon search loops and establish a board with XYZ/Link monsters carrying interaction; grind through hand traps.; Stall with disruption (Ash, Droll, MST) until opponent depletes resources, then pivot to offense.
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1 engine: activate Mystical Space Typhoon or Quick-Play Spell → Special Summon Radiant Typhoon monster → search chain → Xyz Summon (if pieces available) → end with Fiendsmith/Zoodiac board + hand traps.
• Turn 2 (going second): Deploy hand traps (Ash, Droll, Maxx 'C') to stop opponent engine; use MST/Harpie's Feather Duster to clear interaction; pivot to attack phase.
• Recovery: Float through Radiant Typhoon search redundancy and Fiendsmith GY recursion (Engraver, Lacrima).
• After siding: Unknown (no side deck provided).

Why it scores here

This deck is ILLEGAL in Master Duel due to copy-limit violations (Zoodiac Ratpier 3 copies / 1 legal, Zoodiac Broadbull 1 copy / 0 legal Forbidden). Structurally, it opens with a strong Radiant Typhoon engine (P≥1 starter ≈96%) that chains special summons and searches, but the absence of core Zoodiac tutors (Broadbull forbidden, Invoker/Drident/Chakanine missing from Extra Deck) limits combo ceiling to single-body boards with modest interaction. Going-First power is 65 due to engine reliability but weak interaction stacking; Going-Second is 56 because the deck lacks dedicated board-breakers and closing speed. The final score of 49 reflects an illegal construction that, even if violations were corrected, would be a mid-tier tempo deck relying on hand-trap disruption and grind-out strategies without the extended combos the archetype can usually achieve.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.85 Combo + 0.15 Tempo. Structural ≈ 62, Going First ≈ 65, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 57. Modifiers: Illegal deck: missing core tutors (-10); No side deck in best-of-3 format (-2). Final formula: 0.80 * Structural (62) + 0.20 * TournamentReliability (57) + Modifiers (−12) = 49. No dated metagame sample; Meta Power = Provisional.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.04 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional opening-hand consistency (P≥1 starter ≈96% in opening 5)
• Strong engine accessibility via Radiant Typhoon special-summon chain and Mystical Space Typhoon triggers (3×)
• Robust hand-trap suite (Ash ×3, Droll ×2, Maxx 'C') for going-second disruption
• Solid removal package (Forbidden Droplet ×3, Harpie's Feather Duster, Mystical Space Typhoon)
• Multiple independent starters (Krosea, Eldam, Swen, Meghala all 3-copy) reduce opening-hand variance

Weaknesses

• ILLEGAL DECK: Zoodiac Broadbull (Forbidden) and Zoodiac Ratpier (over-limit) are core tutors; their absence cripples combo ceiling and forces non-standard hybrid
• Missing key Zoodiac XYZ tutors from Extra Deck (Drident, Invoker, Chakanine all absent or under-represented)
• Combo ceiling limited by absent Broadbull; most lines end with single special summon + search, not layered board
• No redundant lines after first negate; single interrupt on initial special summon collapses play
• Weak going-second closing power (no OTK package, no board-wipe like Zeus)
• 60-card main at legal ceiling; not optimally tight for combo archetype; Fiendsmith and D/D splashes waste Extra slots
• Mediocre grind power if early setup is disrupted; deck relies on T1 board establishment + T2+ hand-trap defense

Critical choke points

• First Radiant Typhoon special summon is a single point of failure; negate collapses entire combo line
• Missing Zoodiac Broadbull (Forbidden in Master Duel) removes tutor to extend into second XYZ summon
• Limited recursion (Fiendsmith Engraver once per turn); deck cannot recover from resource stall
• No independent going-second board-breaker; reliant on hand traps + MST/Droplet to dismantle boards

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: Zoodiac Ratpier (3 copies, 1 legal), Zoodiac Broadbull (1 copy, 0 legal/Forbidden); Main/Extra/Side deck sizes conform to Master Duel format rules (40–60 main, 0–15 extra, 0–15 side); Card text and banlist status from resolved evidence; Archetype composition: 13.3% exact Zoodiac, heavy Radiant Typhoon splash (22 copies), Fiendsmith off-theme (7 copies)
• Observed: Archetype usage stats: 56% of core Zoodiac cards present (14/25); Copy histogram: 14 cards at 3-of, 1 card at 2-of, 16 cards at 1-of; Hand-trap density: 6 cards (Ash 3×, Droll 2×, Maxx 'C' 1×) for going-second
• Inferred: Engine consistency: P(≥1 Radiant Typhoon starter in opening 5) ≈ 96% from 28-card core group; Full-brick rate: ≈3.7% from hypergeometric estimates; Combo floor/median/ceiling from card text and role hints (no boards provided); Interruption resilience: single-negate collapse inferred from lack of redundant special-summon lines; Pilotability: moderate complexity from decision points per turn; error tolerance via hand-trap fallback
• Provisional: Meta Power: no dated metagame sample for Master Duel; archetype tier unknown; Matchup fit: Provisional pending format meta context
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text only No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN; going-first/second performance rates unknown Master Duel metagame context not provided No side deck; post-side plan cannot be evaluated Card text excerpts truncated; full card effects inferred from role hints Illegal deck status compromises structural integrity; evaluation is theoretical only